What’s the current cost per square foot to build in the Lafayette / Baton Rouge area?

Estimate from Q3 2021 was $210.

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I was assuming $130 per square foot

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You building with mobile home production?

I hear it's more around $220+

Sorry baw

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I hear it's more around $220+

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Even with the land not being factored in?

Have a family member that works for a large building supply facility - in northeast Tennessee they're telling people $125 a foot strictly for materials.

Building a house is always a hassle.
Building a house in the BR area would be a nightmare. Even after the house is built, you then have to live in the BR area. Lafayette would be a bit better.

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I didn’t know it was that outrageous

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I had a contractor tell me a couple of months ago that he could still build a pretty decent place for $145. A little over $150 if it had a basement.

But most contractors seem to be lying, lazy pieces of shite, so...

Damn. $350 might actually be the answer before too long. fricking Loch Ness monster!

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frick

I didn’t know it was that outrageous

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It’s crazy now.

The $210 was just construction of a higher end fully custom 3800 square foot house. And both our estimates were very close on that number. And that was 6 months ago; it’s probably jumped to $220 by now.

And none of the custom builders could guarantee that it would be ready in less than a year. They are having problems getting both higher end finishes (flooring, bricks) and the standard HVAC and electrical stuff too.

We decided to buy a mostly updated older house. It needs some new landscaping and it’s way bigger than we wanted, but it’s also much cheaper than building new. And I like the neighborhood better and that it already has a pool.

Lumber is starting to go back up already as futures were predicting. I bought some 2x6x8' yesterday and they were nearly $10 per board. They were around $8 a month ago. Futures indicate it will keep going up into spring

Overall everything is up but what's insane to me is trim pricing. 3/8 in. x 1-1/4 pine window moulding is $1.20 per LF.

This stuff




It used to be like .16 cents. Seriously, go shop trim and you will be floored at how ridiculous it all is right now.

Also, I don't understand people paying ridiculous amounts for "luxury" vinyl plank flooring when you could have real wood floors for the same price. If you are worried about flooding I get it but outside of that, it doesn't make sense to me. LVP has gotten insance price wise.